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will change into “Apply” for you to confirm your new settings.
3.4 Advanced Setting
Here you can perform country roaming, enable/disable power saving mode, and configure the
fragmentation threshold and RTS/CTS threshold of WL-U356.
u User Interface: Select the display language of the utility. Two languages are available:
English and Traditional Chinese.
u Country Roaming: This feature is developed based on IEEE 802.11d, which is a
standard make wireless devices operate with the proper transmission power on the
appropriate channel regulated by the country where users are located.
Ø World Mode: Select this to perform the country roaming and the adapter will follow
the settings of the associated AP automatically.
Ø User Select: Users can select the country where they are located. The available
channels will vary based on the selected country.
u Power Consumption Setting:
Ø Continuous Access Mode (CAM): The adapter will always stay in active mode. No
power-saving function will be activated.
Ø Maximum Power-Saving Mode: Enable the power-saving function when the
adapter is idle. This mode applies to PDA best because it saves most power. Its
Implementation will cause additional overhead to your wireless network.
Ø Fast Power-Saving mode: This mode also provides the power-saving function, but
the power consumption in this mode is higher than that of the “Maximum
Power-Saving Mode”. This mode applies to laptops. Its implementation will also
cause additional overhead to your wireless network.
u Fragmentation Threshold: This value defines the maximum transmitted packet size.